Tagged: Tidal Energy & News
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Siemens opens new UK production plant for tidal turbines News
08.04.2013 Siemens has today opened the UK’s first-ever tidal turbine production facility in Bristol where it is planning to test and build tidal turbines that will initially be used in... -
Welsh tidal array project gets stg£10m in government funding News
01.03.2013 A tidal energy farm project planned off the Welsh coastline this week got a welcome funding injection of stg£10m from the UK government to help progress the development of a... -
DCNS to buy majority stake in Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro News
23.01.2013 French naval defence and energy company DCNS is to spend in the region of €130m to gain a majority stake in the Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro, which makes turbines to... -
The year in clean tech – green data centres, tidal farms and energy trading News
28.12.2012 From Greenpeace storming Apple’s California headquarters in May to new Irish ventures making headway in the energy-efficiency space and Ireland’s first electricity link with...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Data Centre -
Ocean energy innovation and where Ireland is positioned (interview) News
19.10.2012 This week Dublin was the setting for a three-day global conference on ocean energy. Before the event closed up today, Siliconrepublic.com spoke to Eoin Sweeney, head of ocean...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Ireland’s first tidal energy farm to be built off Antrim’s Torr Head News
10.10.2012 Energy provider Bord Gáis and the Irish tidal energy technology company OpenHydro have been awarded a lease to develop what could be the island of Ireland’s first tidal energy... -
Ireland’s Ardnacrusha hydro-electric power station - a clean-tech exemplar? News
14.08.2012 This year marks the 83rd anniversary of the opening of the hydro-electric power station Ardnacrusha, a civil engineering feat that took four years to complete before it opened...Tags: ESB, Siemens, Ireland, Enda Kenny, Electricity, Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Clean Energy -
Ireland and Washington to explore clean-tech business alliances News
04.07.2012 Against the backdrop of today being Independence Day in the US, a delegation from Washington State’s Department of Commerce has visited the Sustainable Energy Authority of...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
SMEs pitch their technologies at SmartOcean Innovation Exchange in Galway today News
03.07.2012 This morning in Galway at the SmartOcean Innovation Exchange, which is taking place as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Global Village, 22 SMEs – both Irish and international – are... -
Eirgrid to hold capacity auction for firms to trade energy on East West Interconnector News
12.06.2012 Energy infrastructure company Eirgrid has today announced details about how companies can bid to trade energy when the East West Interconnector, the underground and undersea... -
Germany tops in renewable energy production - report News
12.06.2012 European countries, led by Germany, receive more of their electricity from wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and wave sources than any other region in the world, a US Natural... -
IWEA welcomes Govt’s renewable energy strategy News
29.05.2012 The Irish Wind Energy Association has reacted favourably to the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Strategy. It claims that Ireland’s wind-exporting drive could attract...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Energy, EconomyTags: R&D, Jobs, exporting, Pat Rabbitte, Wave Energy, Tidal Energy, Offshore Wind, Ireland, Wind Farms, Wind Energy, -
Rabbitte reveals Ireland’s renewable energy strategy News
28.05.2012 "Ireland could export as much renewable energy as we consume ourselves" – these were the words of Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, who was speaking this morning in Dublin at...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report News
27.02.2012 Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country...Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Investments, Project Management, R&D, Science -
Irish, NI and Scottish governments to pursue €7bn joined-up energy grid? News
27.01.2012 The ISLES project, a collaboration between the Irish Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, is reportedly planning to create a joined-up energy... -
US clean-tech investments leap to US$1.1bn. Where's Ireland at? News
04.11.2011 Ernst & Young analysis reveals that venture capital investments in US clean-tech firms jumped by 73pc to reach US1.1bn in Q3 2011, compared with the same quarter last year....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Graduate, Government, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, CIO -
Energy and clean-tech challenges for planet Earth News
19.10.2011 Paris was the scene this week for a two-day International Energy Agency (IEA) meeting, when energy ministers from around the globe converged to talk about pressing issues such... -
Where is China’s clean technology agenda heading? News
06.12.2011 With certain economists predicting that 90pc of the world's feasible coal supply will run out by 2070, how is China reacting to the clean-tech revolution that’s already gripping...Categories: Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Green Tech, Sustainability -
OpenHydro and Egis Projects win at Ireland France Business Awards News
25.11.2011 Irish clean-tech company OpenHydro and Egis Projects Ireland received honours last night at the 2011 Ireland France Business Awards for their company performances in 2011 and...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Green, Government, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green TechTags: Venture Capital, OpenHydro, Enterprise Ireland, Invest NI, TCD, Smart Grid, EU, Clean Tech, Ireland, Tidal Energy, Green Economy, -
The energy economy News
24.11.2011 With energy security a pressing global issue, Bord Gáis Energy is one Irish utility that’s diversifying from natural gas in order to embrace renewables.